Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ] ( listen); 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of
the National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), commonly referred to as the Nazi Party).
He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state (as Führer und Reichskanzler) from 1934 to 1945. Hitler is most commonly associated
with the rise of fascism in Europe, World War II, and the Holocaust.

So without further adieu, Adolph Hitler. Was he a socialist, or was he a socialist?
Please discuss!!!

Originally posted by thehoneycomb
In another thread, my avatar seemed to spark an interesting debate, not quite on topic with the thread however. I think one worthy of it's own
thread. Hitler was a Socialist!!!

Adolf Hitler (German: [ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ] ( listen); 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of
the National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), commonly referred to as the Nazi Party).
He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state (as Führer und Reichskanzler) from 1934 to 1945. Hitler is most commonly associated
with the rise of fascism in Europe, World War II, and the Holocaust.

So without further adieu, Adolph Hitler. Was he a socialist, or was he a socialist?
Please discuss!!!

So? We norwegian-socialists makes it much better better then the states,no?

Also for those of you discussing the difference between National Socialism and Socialism, I present to you the national socialist, holding american,
confederate flags with swastikas on them, and they are running for office.

Yes, it's too bad that one only needs to visit wikipedia to see the truth of such a controversial figure as Hitler.

Actually, what Wikipedia says is that Hitler was a member of the National Socialist(Nazi) Party in Germany. However, this is merely a name of a
party. Ideologically, the Party was anti-Marxist and anti-Communist; which means it was anti-Socialist. It was named as it was named, implying the
opposite, because at the time of its formation Communism was gaining significant popularity throughout the region and naming it such, implying it was
a ideologically socialist party, was an effort to fool the ignorant.

Therefore, because the party that Hitler was the leader of was inherently anti-Socialist, ideologically, Hitler was anti-Socialist.

If you want to argue that because the name of the party implied socialism in the ideology it followed, we can argue that the Chinese are Republicans;
after all, they are the People's Republic of China...

Please provide more than that. If it says so in scripture then please point out where it says that.

You can research it yourself.

Jesus always talked about how it was a curse to be rich. How everyone should give their money to the poor and charities and live frugally. How the
pursuit of money (Capitalism essentially) corrupted and made men unable to come to god.

Oh, and he provided free education, healthcare, and even at times food to anyone around him.

There's no certain scripture "Verily I say unto you today, I am a socialist". However, all the principles he believed in, and his actions, that
could be related the the economic system, all pointed to him having the similar ideals of socialism.

Though again, Ad Hominem. That doesn't say anything Good about socialism. Look at what it is to judge it's merit, not irrelevant judging of the
characters who believed in it, usually irrelevant to their morality.

Ok anti-communist I can understand as they opposed the communist force of Russia, however I can not seem to find anywhere that he was anti-marxist and
opposed the system we know as socialism today. Nazi Germany was text book socialism, I beg you to show me how it was any different.

His teachings could be attributed to any political system.
Give unto Caesar what is due unto Caesar.
Oh and he healed the sick, last time I checked that was not free government run healthcare, but I dunno, maybe I'm wrong. I beg of you to find
anything that is supportive of your outrageous claim.

Whether he was a socialist is up for debate. He more closely resembles a neoconservative and he was a fascist.
What is for certain is that he was NOT the type of socialist that the right leaning people and organizations like FOX want to attribute to him.
Fascism is against several types of socialism (liberal socialism and communism). So what is for certain is that Hitler was in fact far right.

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